The cast included Judy Kuhn, Brian Blessed, Graham Bickley, Jonathan Adams, Paul Keown and Stifyn Parri.

[3][4] The musical marked the London debut of Judy Kuhn, who left the show shortly before the end of its run to be replaced by Mary Lincoln.

[5] After that time Joe Brooks worked with American Randy Bowser at editing the already finished musical.

A new 5 star production, the very first London Revival, was announced on 13 September 2017, which was performed at the Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre, from 10 October 2017 to 5 November 2017.

She risks her life by giving clandestine lessons to the children of the workers so that the memory will never die and in the hope that someday freedom may soon be possible.

Accidental deaths are frequent and when Jade—girlfriend of worker 11811, George—is mutilated and dies in the cogs of the machinery, Maria believes that the time is ripe for the children to be shown the world above.

He becomes insane with rage and grief and blows up the control room of the city, killing himself and his right-hand man Jeremiah in the conflagration.

The future is now in the hands of Steven and Maria as they lead the workers and children into the light as the city, no longer supported by their hard labor, collapses.